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Another Wingard win for me. I had a ball with this. General thing I'm seeing online is nonstop hate from fans of the manga or anime, and plenty of love from people who are unfamiliar or don't care about the changes.

I only know the two Japanese live-action films, so I didn't have a lot invested in the lore of DN. I like Wingard's style applied to this property.

Yeh mild nay for me. I was pretty big into Death Note in the early stages of match cut. it was my avatar for a long while. I didn't care about the source material when watching this though.

There' something wrong with the pacing here. There's no sense of time. Acting of Lakeith Stanfield is questionable and subpar at times. Mia's motives are way off and unrealistic. OK, I get it. She wants the power. But you're REALLY going to try and convince me the desire for that power is so great she's going to suggest kills Light's own father? The whole unknown name subplot was SUUUUUUPER dumb.

The only thing I REALLY enjoyed was Willem Dafoe's voice is perfect for Ryuk.

I wouldn't be bringing up the lack of realism about a movie with a demon that kills people when you write a name in a book- but would a principal really be that dense to ignore the fact that a student was on the ground unconscious? Or a teacher overlooking this observation to rummage around the student's things that are sprawled out onto the floor?

1. The actor who played L. It's like he was playing a live action version of a poorly dubbed anime.

2. No sense of time or geography.

3. The female character's complete lack of motivation for doing what she does.

Like I said in the earlier post, I have no special feelings either way for the source material. The movie starts strong, and I was getting a little bit of a Darnie Darko vibe - and for me that's a positive thing. But with each passing moments I enjoyed it less.

I thought this movie was very funny but for some reason a lot of people don't think it's supposed to be.

Quoting Donald Glover

I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’

I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’

Taking a step back and looking at the overall story structure without the actual execution, I quite like how it reconfigures the original manga into a tidy story of its own (I rarely watch any anime because the kind that I'm interested in is already in manga form that I have read), and actually almost love how it ends. But... all the tonal whiplashes, some intentional silliness, and hilarious song choices tell me that this version's execution has high camp potential, but just doesn't lean into it enough. So the seriousness around those moments just clunk all the harder. It's kinda trash, but could have afforded to be trashier, which is a shame. MVP: Margaret Qualley, who somehow fits all these weird aesthetics and whiplashes all the way through (getting the feeling this is a minority opinion though). 4/10

FWIW:
You're Next - 6.5-7/10 (it's been a while; could go a bit higher)
The Guest - 8/10